_I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers._ LARGER PROVIDENCES Thus epochs are made; thus new dates are introduced into human history; thus the less is merged in the greater; the little judgment is lost in the great judgment, and the mercy that once appeared to be so g... [ Continue Reading ]
_I will send for many fishers;.. .I will send for many hunters._ FISHERS AND HUNTERS These refer to the successive invaders of Judea. As to “hunters,” see Genesis 10:9. Nimrod, “ the mighty hunter,” the first founder of an empire on conquest. The Chaldees were famous in hunting, as the Egyptians,... [ Continue Reading ]
_O Lord, my strength, and my fortress._ WHAT GOD IS TO HIS PEOPLE One of the Puritans was accustomed to describe prayer as the flight of the lonely man to the only God. There is such prayer here. This man is very lonely. He is like a speckled bird, set on by all the birds of the flock. He looks ri... [ Continue Reading ]